International Vulture Awareness Day
September 7, 2024
10 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Free with paid Zoo admission or GLAZA membership
On International Vulture Awareness Day (IVAD), the Los Angeles Zoo is celebrating these charismatic and often misunderstood birds with activities and special programming. Discover more about the very important role that vulture species play in nature and learn how the Zoo and our partners are helping to save the iconic California condor and other vultures.
- Education stations: “Birds and Beaks” and “California Conservation Station”
- Keeper talks at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., and 3 p.m.
- Special presentations in the Angela Collier World of Birds Theater
- World of Birds Show featuring Cape vultures at 12 p.m.
- Vulture visits with keeper Q&A at 2:30 p.m.
- Partner Expo featuring Friends of California Condors Wild and Free, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service California Condor Recovery Program, San Fernando Valley Audubon Society, and more
Programming subject to change without notice.
Evening Programing: Condor Cliffhangers
We love IVAD so much, we’re celebrating day and night! Join us for a very special evening program, Condor Cliffhangers: Adventures Saving the California Condor, on September 7 at 7 p.m. featuring L.A. Zoo vulture experts and special guest Chris Parish, President and CEO of the Peregrine Fund. Learn more.
Why We’re Celebrating
With vulture populations plummeting and some species losing up to 90 percent of their populations, what’s to celebrate? While human activity and development have pushed vultures and other species to the brink of extinction, our actions can help save them. It all begins by becoming informed and inspired through events like IVAD at the L.A. Zoo.
Saving vultures requires more than education and awareness, though. It also takes hard work by dedicated experts in the field. The L.A. Zoo is proud to partner with other accredited institutions on the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ SAFE (Saving Animals from Extinction) program dedicated to protecting wild African vultures.
